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PIATT.3M0ITTH SEMI - WEEKLY J0UB1TAI
ONLY
Round "$ 1 40
Trip to l J
via
Louisville
To accommodate patrons
desiring to visit the
Nebraska State Fair
The Burlington will sell round-trip tickets at the
above rate, September 5 to 10, inclusive, return
ing the following day.
Tickets good on all trains and honored
only in coaches and chair cars.
Half fare for children 5 to 12. No baggage checked.
ALSO
round-trip tickets at rate of fare and one-third
(minimum fare $1.00) September 4 to 10, in
clusive, final return limit, September 11.
R. W. CLEMENT, Ticket Agent
Seeks to Stop
Work on Road
North of City
Injunction Asked to Prevent Filling
Up Creek and Opening Ditnhes
Along the Highway.
From Saturday's Dally
t Once more the highway along the
Platte bottom, a part of the King of
Trails highway. Is to be involved In
litigation covering the work of the
highway engineer and hi3 force of
workmen in making certain changes
in the water courses that are
located along, the highway from the
foot of the hill north of Willview to
the Burlington tracks, the north and
south parts of the highway being in
volved. The action has been started by
C. Lawrence Stull, owner of the land
through which the highway travels!
nnt nao filorl voctorrlnv In tllA nffil
of the clerk of the district court from" active business September 1. He
and a temporary restraining order been granted a ife Pension by
issued against E. H. Douglass, high- th a,n in recognition of his long
way engineer, the state department nd faithful services, according to P.
!of public works and the board of-"ltu' Vlte Puiauu -"6-i
. . . . I "Mr. Hnuspwnrth enterpd the Lone
Beach Security as a bookkeeper back
in 1906, when' Long Beach was noth
ing but an insignificant seaside town
Former Resident
Here Retires from
Banking Business
George F. Houseworth, One Time
Clerk of the District Court Re:
tires From Active Duty.
The old time residents of Cass
county will recall George F . House
worth, one time clerk of the district
court some twenty-five years ago,
and will learn with -interest of the
fact that he closing a long period
of years in one of the leading bank
ing houses of the Pacific coast, the
Long Beach Security bank.
In speaking of the retirement of
Mr. Houseworth the Long Beach
Telegram has the following:
"George P. Houseworth of 1312
East Third Street, an old-time resi
dent of Long Beach and active for
twenty years In the service, of the
Long Beach Security Bank, will retire
Perhaps
You haven't bot a new tie in several "moons.'
Some of your ties are hangovers from the
Christmas stocking. Why not treat yourself
to a new tie of your own selection just what
you want. We have bran new Suskana Silks
and file silks that are real beauties. Prices
75c to $1.
Men's Spur Bows SOc - '
Men's Rayon Knit
4'in-hands -
4 for SI
C. E. Wescott's Sons
'See It Before You Buy It!"
county commissioners of Cass county
The hearing on the injunction has
been set for September 6th.
Whisters Now
Session at
Clear Lake, la.
m
sessions. The president appointed the
following committees:
Tournament H. J. Fry, Chicago,
Chairman, D. M. Davis, Omaha, Max
Eichman, Indianapolis, John Evans,
Perry, Dr. E. W. Meiss, Soo City.
Resolutions V. H. Chapin, Minne
apolis, Chairman, A. A. Adams,
Mason Citj-j Judge Lemon, St' Joseph.
Nomination A. H. Dreyfors, Oma-
w. nr mm; T5,lor a-nA ha. Chairman, Murray Cook, Omaha,
, !' J Mike Waters, Soo City, Mrs. R. J.
mi. ana JOTS. i,. J. mcney oi Russell, La Crosse, Wm. Barclay,
This City in Attendance. j Piattsmouth.
I Banquet Mrs. L. C. Gibson, Oma
ha, Chairman, Mrs. H. Fry, Chicago,
The seventh annual tournament Mrs Schoonmaker, St. Paul, Mrs.
of the summer outing Whist club Jonn ExaUt Ferry, Mrs. T. P. Cow
opened Monday, August 23rd, at the dev Omaha
Lake Shore Hotel, at Celar Lake, la., j prize Mrs. Gertrude Paxton, Per
with players in attendance from ry Mrs Wm Barciayf piattsmouth,
Minneapolis., St. Paul. Soo City. Mrg E j Rjcney, Piattsmouth.
Chicago La Crosse. Oskkish, Des Top Score Winners
Moines. Indianopolis, Mason 'City, J
Perry. Council Bluffs, Nevada. Shel- Monday Forenoon Mr and Mrs.
don, Omaha, Piattsmouth, St. Joseph, , fy- (east-west) ; Eichman-Fish,
Kansas City and other points. There ' (east-west) ; Case-Evans, (north
are about 80 Whisters attending the souh)- ,
i Monday afternoon Crowlry-Gib-
; ' 'son, (east -west); Folger - Fish.
(north-south).
Monday night Cook - Dreyfoos,
(East-west); Russell-Case, (north-
south).
j Tuesday forenoon Eichman-Fol-'ger,
(east-west); Davis-Benham,
(north-south).
Tuesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs.
Maxey, (east -west); Cook - Fry,
(north-south).
Tuesday night Mr. and Mrs.
Maxey, (east-west); Mrs. Gibson
Olsen, (north-south.
Wednesday forenoon Adams-Mrs.
Fry, (east-west); Evans-Cowdry,
(north-south); Fry-Case, (north
south). Wednesday afternoon Littlefield
Sather, (east-west); Adams-Austin,
(north-south).
Wednesday night Benham-Folger
(east-west) ; Burmaster-Littlefield,
(north-south).
In the preliminary game Sunday
Mr. M. L. Cook of Omaha and Mrs.
E. J. Richey of Piattsmouth won top
score.
In
his petition the plaintiff states nn"" 1 "I
that prior to September 1923 the ? u h ,
highway ran some distance east of n t, nnbtianara ftn
where the present highway is located the gtaff of what thgn the
and that later the state and county
had constructed the present highway.
Beach Trust and Savings Bank. He
has since seen the department grow
That there has been a waterway or j untn tQere are nQW eleyen bookkeep
creen running mrougu uus yumuu erg and clerks at wuose head!
of the stun land tnat was a natural he has been for a number of years.
water course and which ie new, it is During. hia 8ervice Mr. Houseworth
claimed, being partially filled by the has handled millions of checks, rep-
roaa womers ana aiso aucnes open- resenting1 billions of dollars.
ea up inai causes me waier to over
What Other
People Thing of
Trading Here
People From Outside Points Find
Good Prices for Products and
Reasonable Prices for Goods.
Sometimes we are prone to regard
four own community too sugnungiy
i "Born in Rnrlinerton. Iowa, he be- and our business nouses as not Deing
flow on the land of the complaintant gan nis active business career in the just what they should as to prices
cheap, or cheaper, as in the good
stons in Omaha or Lincoln."
This is a real statement and it is
one that certainly looks good to the
Piattsmouth people as the testimonial
of one that has made a test of the
H. A. FUNKE PRESENTED
25-YEAR I. 0. 0. F. JEWEL
H. A. Funke, our enterprising lum
ber dealer, has recently been present-
question of the relative advantages of ed with a 25-year Odd Fellows Jewel
the various towns as buying and sell
ing centers and has fixed on Platts
mouth as one of the best in this
part of the country.
WAS SOLOMON WISE?
It is better to
Look
and
reran
than to
Look 'Back
-and
Now is the time to pick up
Cass County Farm bargains.
I have them see me.
Sear! S. Davis
Farm Loans
Insurance
Solomon has always been advertis
ed "as a very wise man, but if the his
tory of his life and that of his son,
Rehoboam, is correct, they wrecked
to his damage and annoyance. The auditing department of the Burling- and stock of goods and the community ' cessive taxation
former road has reverted to Mr. Stull. ton Railroad. He then served aa chief , as a whole as a buying and selling citizens in practically every city
the owner of the land and the over- Piprk in the District Court at Platts- point and it requires sometimes the . . 0.0. . c.t'
. , . , , . - , . - . . - . , . . n luuuij auu ctaic iu tuc lui ivy oiairQ
iiuw ui iiic vvnici uao uccu iui moutn, xseD., nnaiiy leaving tne aiia-j viewpoint ui aume uuicjuc. iu - are fac,-n& much the same problem
lUiiu cLiiu iue ittuu ucai u, me pen- qic West IOr tne 1 aCluC Coast. t rigui anu iu ui nig a icainauuu iuui.
tion claims. (Mr. Houseworth was chief clerk the community is a good place to sell
Because of the overflow of the, jn the offices of the superintendent goods as well as to buy them,
water the plaintiff asks that the de- of the Burlington shops in Platts-j A prominent resident of near the
partment of public works and the mouth.) . , -I central portion of .the county was
county be restrained from further "Entering the pioneer bank of in the other day and in conversation
changes that would divert the water. 1 Long Beach when it occupied the only with one of the local business men
The highway officials have had a brick building in the village, Mr. gave a voluntary statement that goes
great deal of trouble this past sea- Houseworth has watched from the a long way toward showing what
son through overflows on the main inside, the development of that-bank the people that trade here think. The
highway and have been attempting Into the largest in what is now the. man said, "we were coming to town
to secure some diversion or change second city in Southern California, and I thought I would bring in a
in the watercourse that would take "'I am 70.. years old.' said Mr. load of chickens to sell and started to
the water off the highway and thence Housevorth, 'and I am, going to settle call up the nearby towns to get a
the suit that they have become In- back now to an undivided enjoyment price on me cmcKeiis anu iuuhu mat
volved in with Mr. Stull.
Well Known
Young People
Wed at Fremont
as did the people under Solomon.
Enormous expenditures are being
made for all kinds of public under
takings. Local taxes have been con
stantly increasing. All of these taxes
are added to the cost of living thru
increased prices and rents. The ulti
mate consumer and day laborer can
not pass the taxes on to the other
fellow. They pay them all.
Taxes and debts have wrecked
more governments and impoverished
more nations than all the wars of his
tory. At the height of our pros
perity, is a good time for us to check
jup on our debt and tax situation. The
family that spends more than it can
of life.' His first indulgence has been the Piattsmouth market was two cents
to purchase two passages on the Pan- higher than any of the other places.
ama Man Line going Dy tne way or tne lu .i.n.e..a afford is headed for trouble and the
Panama Calanl to New York, and the wife started out to do some shop- natlon which overcrowda the tax
on September 6 he and Mrs. House- Ping and found that there was some Davment ig fon0winr In the same
worth will start on their first real va- ; real bargains m tne iattsmoutn-
. . .. . , 1. wl . n-nz-wla liirrVi QHl.
canon inp. ine nousewonns expect uuuiu nu mtr fowuua
to arrive on Brdadwav about the first class merchandise that were backed
part of October, and after seeing the by the guarantee of the merchants!
sights of the "city they will go to ana not some unn mat was Dougui
. Philadelphia to visit the Sesquicenten- sight unseen." The man .continued, J The Sophia Schafer farm, four
I nini FixnnRitinn TnnTnurh na Tr 1 "my wife likes to trade in Platts- miles west and five miles north of
by Friendship lodge Xo. 5, of Atchi
son, Kansas, of which he is justly
proud.
Mr. Funke Joined the Odd Fellows
lodge at Atchison, Kansas, July 17,
1900, twenty-six years ago. Although
he attends the local lodge here oc
casionally he has always retained his
membership in his old home town.
Louisville Courier.
FOB SALE
Miss Agnes Frady and Mrs. Glen Houseworth attended the Centennial mouth because the store have good Murray. See
Wetenkamp United, in Marriage -fifty years go. he expects to find the stocks and she says the prices are as Piattsmouth.
Tjt WerinAQd-nv ( oiu oisionc grounus oi uouoie inter--
Egenberger.
Farm Loans
made at lowest obtain
able rates.
We have afew good
Farms near Piatts
mouth listed with us
worth the money.
Call us or See us about
the above.
T. H. Pollock
Piattsmouth, Neb.
From Saturday's Dally
jest. After stops in Washington and'
I other points in the East, Mr. House-j
worth will return home aboue No-
Bess Streeter Aldrich's newest
story, "The Cutters" is now on sale
at the Bates Book & Gift Shop. Call
early and secure your copy of this
popular novel. I
Mayor C. A. Johnson was a visitor -
Investments matters at the metropolis and to at-
n i v x m. Jtend the fire preventation meeting of
Keal fcsfafe the Burlington.
Official Straw Hat "Bustin" Day
Wednesday, Sept. 1st
Pick your new Fall felt now, and avoid this
humiliation this shredded wheat affair.
Get in tune with the early Fall season by
wearing one of these breezy new Hats.
A great variety of styles and colors at
s.
00
Tlio morrlaco rf two rf thp topII
known young people of this city. Miss vember first and retire into the
Agnes Frady and Mr. Glen Weten- "luul",3i ue"luu ,a '
kamp. is being announced by the, where he has a snug little cabin. (
families of the young people. The j
ceremony that made these two young HAD A FIRE J
people as one was performed on Wed-
nesday afternoon at Fremont, the The home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
marriage service of the Episcopal B. Dalton, at Edgar. Nebraska, was
church being celebrated by Father destroyed by fire at 10:30 Thursday
Smith, rector of the Fremont church, morning, word received here by the
The young people have returned relatives state and the family was
home and are at present at the home able to save only a very few personal
of the groom's parents near Mynard. articles from the burning house. The
The contracting parties have grown fire was discovered by two boys play
to manhood and womanhood in this ing near the Dalton home who saw
community where they have a large the smoke pouring out of a built on
circle of warm friends who learn with kitchen and at once gave the alarm,
great pleasure of the new happiness Mrs. Dalton had an oil stove burning
that has come into their lives. ; in the kitchen and at the time of the
The bride is a daughter of Mrs. fire was In the front portion of the'
Virginia Frady of this city and has building and at the alarm of fire car-'
lived here since her early childhood, ried out the baby of. a few months of
attending the local schools and is age to a place of safety and then re-'
one of the most popular ladies in the turned to the house. She was able
community. to save a cedar chest containing a few j
The groom Is the youngest son of personal trinkets and on her last trip '
Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Wetenkamp,' to the house in an effort to save
prominent residents of the vicinity of something had a close call from the
Mynard and he has been engaged in fire as the building was a roaring
farming for the greater part of the furnace and Mrs. Dalton had to escape
time since the completion of his from a window. " '
school work. For the past several. Practically all of the contents of
months he has been engaged in the ' the building were destroyed and the
auto business In this city as the local , house so badly gutted by the flames
representative of the Star auto com-! that it will have to be rebuilt,
pany and by his industry and efforts!
has made a very fine reputation as ENJOYED PLEASANT TRIP
one of the leading young men of the
community,
The many friends are joining in
THRU CENTRAL NEBRASKA
Mrs. Henry Stander and son, Her-
"10"1U6 "u ivirs. neieusnmu a. i j i i .i,,,,,),)
l- her7f aPPr "? In l l Ule Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Roeber and two !
waJ of mXSSF "-jsons. Kenneth and Leonard, returned';
way of life together. on Thursday of la8t week from a'
,,.. tiTnTTiwrvnw . - ' pleasant automobile trip through the,
WILL RICHARDSON TO HOSPITAL 1 central part of Nebraska. !
' I They visited Mr. and Mrs. Julius
From Saturday's Datiy Komrofske and family, at Hastings.;
The lates word that relatives have Mrs. Komrofske was formerly Miss
received from the bedside of Will!L,iZZie Roeber. of this vicinity. At.
Kichardson, Jr., at Davenport, Iowa, Kearney, they visited Mrs. Stander's
is to the effect that the patient was 'brother, Henry Messner and family,
noiamg nis own and the attending . and a daughter. Miss Ilda Messner,
physicians have some hope of his re
covery altho his condition is very
serious. "The young man has been
accompanied them home.
They stopped at Archer to visit
Mrs. Stander's brother-in-law, Louis
Stetson the Better Hat $8.00
p Jhi&wUL
removed from his home to the Daven- stander and family and their son,
port nospitai and a -neart specialist Earl Stander and family and found;
from Chicago arrived to assist in the' them all well and prospering, al-j
case and to aid in building up the though their crops are poor this year,
patient's strength and vitality to re-ion account of the dry weather. At!
sist the inroads of his trouble. . In 'Kearney they met with the same con
his very serious condition the fact ditions except in the irrigated 6ec
that he Is able to hold his own has tions.
been very encouraging to the family
and friends.
FARM FOR SALE
Farm for sale by owner, 2 miles
east of Murray, SO acres in cultiva
tion, 23 acres In pasture, shaded by
good walnut timber. Easy terms with
one-third cash. J. H. Tamms, 1315
South 10st., Omaha.
They enjoyed meeting their rela
tives and old time friends and came
home feeling that old Cass county is
a pretty good place in which to make
a home. Louisville Courier.
Seasoned oak posts for sale, 7 and
8 foot long, large. Sam Gilmour.
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